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authority of the postal administration of any country, except in the case of such importation as is prohibited under section
17.
Duty of medical practitioner and master
when a case of infectious disease dis- covered on board vessel or aircraft.
46. Should any vessel or aircraft within the limits of the Colony while being attended by any medical practitioner be found to have any infectious disease on board, such vessel or aircraft, shall at once be considered as an infected vessel or aircraft under this Ordinance. It shall be the duty of such medical practitioner to inform the master of the nature of the disease and notify the same in writing to the Port Health Officer. All further action as regards the patient, the members of the crew, the passengers or the vessel or aircraft shall be under the direction of the Port Health Officer. The Master of such vessel or aircraft shall at once take such steps as are necessary to inform the Port Health Officer of the facts of the case and the master of the vessel shall hoist the Quarantine Flag and shall not permit any further communica tion with the shore, but shall wait for instructions from the Port Health Officer.
Duty of master in case of sickness where no practitioner is employed.
47. In case of a vessel in the waters of the Colony not having a surgeon or medical practitioner in attendance and having any sickness on board, the nature of which the master is unable to make out, he shall at once hoist the call flag for medical assistance (letter M in the International Code Signals over the Code pennant), and take such measures as may be necessary to inform the Port Health Officer and wait for a decision.
Internal
of ships of
48. This Ordinance and the regulations and by-laws management made thereunder shall not in any way interfere with the internal management of any of His Majesty's ships or of foreign ships of war, or with their freedom to proceed to sea, whenever the officer in command may deem such course requisite.
war not to be interfered with.
Plague precaution-
ary measures
in case of infected vessels or aircraft.
Plaque Precautionary Measures.
49. Plague infected vessels and aircraft shall undergo the following measures:-
(i) Medical inspection.
(ii) The sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated.
(iii) All persons who have been in contact with the sick and those whom the Health Officer has reason to consider suspect shall be disembarked if possible. They may be sub- jected to observation, or to surveillance, or to observation followed by surveillance, provided that the total duration of these measures does not exceed six days from the arrival of the vessel.
(iv) Bedding which has been used, soiled linen, wearing apparel, and other articles which, in the opinion of the Health Officer, are infected shall be disinsected and if necessarv disinfected.
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